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“If We Could See Inside Other People’s Hearts”: A Profound Microcosm of Life in 4 minutes

“If We Could See Inside Other People’s Hearts”: A Profound Microcosm of Life in 4 minutes

What if this was the instant? This 4 minute video was produced by the Cleveland Clinic and shows the inner lives of everyday people, just like you and I. It’s a reminder that we ALL have our story and we just never know what is happening in someone’s life and if you did, would you [...]

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Emotional Intelligence: Why Emotional Quotient (EQ) is More Important to Success than IQ

If success does not create create loving relationships and happiness, then what does? In this TEDx talk, Michael Benner discusses about being responsible for the love and happiness in your life with emotional intelligence. He also talks about – happiness and love as the way to success, being the love that you are looking for, [...]

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The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto by Dr Brené Brown

The Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto by Dr Brené Brown

In the book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Dr Brené Brown, refers to the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto. After reading the manifesto I thought I would share it as it relates to many areas of wellbeing (i.e. gratitude, worthiness, belonging, vulnerability and respect) I [...]

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Vulnerability is…

Vulnerability is…

I am not sure about you, however vulnerability is one thing I have tried to avoid in my life! To be honest, I didn’t know what it was or what I was avoiding, pushing away or protecting, however I knew it was something deep down inside me that was uncomfortable, and well, showed my vulnerabilty [...]

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How Grateful are You?

Are you wanting to improve your health and happiness? What if some of the answer lay in being more grateful? Well recent research is proving that gratitude is a key component to health. Click here or on the links below to read more. Now you know that gratitude is linked to health and happiness – [...]

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Bruce Lipton – ‘The Power of Consciousness’

When I read Dr Bruce Lipton’s book The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles a few years ago, it made sense to me, especially after some of the experiences I had had in my life. Just recently, I became aware of this interview with Iain McNay from ConsciousTV. The interview [...]

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20 Inspirational Quotes on Change

Change is an interesting concept and sometimes we need inspiration to change. Maybe these 20 quotes will help – “To know the world, first know yourself. To change the world, first change yourself.” – Anonymous “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy “Be the change that [...]

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Robert Emmons – The Benefits of Gratitude

Professor Robert Emmons has done quite a lot of the well know research on gratitude. In this 10.36min clip, Professor Emmons discusses the benefits and effects of gratitude on health and happiness including – different ways to cultivate gratitude, the psychological (positive emotions, alert, energetic, enthused and attentive), physical (exercise more, have better sleep and [...]

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Robert Emmons: The Power of Gratitude

Professor Robert Emmons has done quite a lot of the well know research on gratitude. In this 8.12min clip, Professor Emmons discusses the power of gratitude – how gratitude has the power to heal, energise and change lives, a definition of gratitude, the complexities of gratitude from the short-term feeling of gratitude to person who [...]

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10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living by Dr Brené Brown

At the start of the book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Dr Brené Brown, she refers to 10 Guideposts to Wholehearted Living. These 10 guideposts are what the Wholehearted people “…work to cultivate and what they work to let go of” in [...]

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